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2007 National Conference for Media Reform Is Coming to Memphis |
by Craig Aaron
Email: press (nospam) freepress.net |
25 Nov 2006
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 WASHINGTON - On January 12-14, 2007, several thousand activists, media makers, educators, journalists, policymakers and concerned citizens from across the country will gather in Memphis for the 2007 National Conference for Media Reform. "Whatever issue you care about, real progress will be impossible without first fixing the media," said Robert W. McChesney, president and co-founder of Free Press, the national nonpartisan group hosting the conference. "Millions of people from all walks of life have joined the rapidly growing movement for better media. The National Conference for Media Reform is a unique opportunity for us to come together, share ideas and strategies, and make the media a viable political issue in America." |
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New Exhibit: Searching for Utopia in Tennessee |
by Chris Lugo
Email: christopher_lugo (nospam) yahoo.com |
24 Nov 2006
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 Now showing through February 28, 2007, the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) presents a new exhibit, "'The Happiest Days of My Life': Searching for Utopia in Tennessee." The exhibit features the histories of several utopian communities in Tennessee, including Nashoba, Ruskin, Rugby, and The Farm. Most of these social experiments began and ended in the nineteenth century, but The Farm, founded in 1971, continues to exist today. This exhibit on Tennessee utopian experiments presents the visitor with a number of questions: How should one define utopian communities? Do they develop when groups of people with similar beliefs concerning religion, politics, national identity, ideology (or a combination of these things) band together and find a common ground? What leads people to pursue certain ideals in isolation from mainstream society? |
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United Steelworkers Hold Demonstration at Nashville Goodyear Tire Store |
by Anna Thompson
Email: annathompson32 (nospam) yahoo.com |
22 Nov 2006
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 Nashville, TN: A large group of USW members and supporters held a demonstration at Goodyear Auto Service Center in Nashville on November 18th. The workers questioned whether Goodyear tires produced by temporary workers might be more likely to be defective than tires produced by union shop employees. The event was part of a national day of action to protest the 16,000 experienced workers at Goodyear who have been forced out on strike due to the company's demands to gut their healthcare, close factories and bring in tires made in China and other low-wage countries. |
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Strip Mining Ban Considered for Tennessee |
by Chris Irwin
Email: christopherscottirwin (nospam) yahoo.com |
21 Nov 2006
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 A bill was recently written with help from United Mountain Defense which bans strip mining in the State of Tennessee--no “ifs”, “ands” or “buts”–a flat out abolition of the practice known as strip mining. We are not asking for less strip mining, or kinder, gentler, strip mining–we are demanding the permanent abolition of this horrendous attack on the environment, economy, and culture of Tennessee. |
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How To Ensure Landslide Victories for the Right |
by Cynthia Rosenberry
Email: c.j.rosenberry (nospam) gmail.com |
21 Nov 2006
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 Republicans need a new voting process NOW to prepare for 2008. Remember Perot? Election spoilers have been causing voter dissatisfaction for years on both sides of the partisan fence. The fault lies not with voters but with the election process itself. Frustration associated with not being able to vote one's conscience without throwing your vote in favor of the opposition has led to voter disenfranchisement, decreased voter turn-out, and an increasing lack of faith in our election process. Here in Tennessee, it's especially frustrating because so many Tennesseans vote their values over voting partisan. Many say they "vote for the person" and others say their allegiance is "only to God". For whatever reason, the two parties lose these values voters by reducing the choice to the "lesser of two evils". Limiting choice all too often leads to good citizens casting a vote for a long shot. Why do they cross that line? Sometimes it's frustration; sometimes principle; sometimes it's sheer spite or stupidity. Take your best guess. Or maybe you've been there? Whatever the reason, it's tough luck for the two parties. Wise up Republicans, those are votes y'all could have now with a simple change in Tennessee legislation that switches to a ranked ballot. |
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Tennessee Residents Plan Nashville Solidarity Rally to Close the SOA |
by MaxZine Weinstein and Emily Hall
Email: maxzine69 (nospam) yahoo.com |
16 Nov 2006
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 Rally to Demand "Zero Tolerance for Torture" and Closure of U.S. Army's School of the Americas
Tennesseans will rally Saturday, November 18 in Nashville and then stage a funeral procession to express our mourning and rage against ongoing training of Latin American soldiers at the infamous US "School of Assassins". The rally will begin at 1 p.m. at Commerce St. and 4th Ave. North in downtown Nashville, cite of the historical marker for William Walker, a Nashville resident who invaded Central America in the 1850's and declared himself ruler of Nicaragua, and then re-instituted slavery in that country (previously made illegal in 1824). The rally will express support for the estimated 20,000 thousands who will rally at Fort Benning, Georgia to demand a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy and the closure of the controversial U.S. Army's School of the Americas (SOA). Participants will be starkly dressed in funeral/mourning outfits and will draw attention with props to the shocking results of US foreign policy in Latin America. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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DOE Hosts Oak Ridge Hearings On New Nuclear Bomb Factories |
by Anna Thompson
Email: annathompson32 (nospam) yahoo.com |
14 Nov 2006
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 On Monday, November 13th the Department of Energy hosted a public forum attended by members of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance as well as concerned community members about the possibility of constructing new nuclear bomb factories at the Oak Ridge Complex. The hearing was part of a series of hearings being held in Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and California. The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance has released a statement claiming that there is no necessity to build another nuclear bomb factory at the Oak Ridge Complex and that instead the United States should be dismantling its nuclear weapons infrastructure. |
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Good Riddance to the Candy Factory |
by Chris Irwin
Email: christopherscottirwin (nospam) yahoo.com |
13 Nov 2006
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 My congradulations to the fair city of Knoxville for its latest strike against the scourge of tourism (only a few letters short of “terrorist”—coincidence?) here in Knoxville . I am of course referring to that pit of tourist inequity—the so called “candy factory.” Artists, artwork, sculptures, dance, music, vegetarian feasts—like cheese for rats there was no end of community tourist attracting activities at the “candy factory” until our city squashed it dead like the insect it was. Thank god it’s now safe in the hands of developers and the wealthy that will get the private condo’s they deserve. |
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